sidesplitting

[sahyd-split-ing]

adjective

1. convulsively uproarious.

   sidesplitting laughter.

2. producing uproarious laughter; extremely funny.

   sidesplitting farce.

Other Word Forms

• sidesplittingly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of sidesplitting¹

First recorded in 1855–60; side ¹ + splitting

Example Sentences

The moment is a typical Bondian bad-guy intro, and yet because of the facetiously serious tone and absurd context around it, it’s absolutely sidesplitting.

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Recently, Watts talked with The Times about his new special, “Never Mind,” which premiered on the music-centric upstart streaming platform Veeps to capture the soulfully sidesplitting, spontaneous magic that comes alive at his shows.

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Kilpatrick keeps the mystery light by weaving sidesplitting scenes and lines throughout each hour, never letting the scary moments overwhelm the absurdity of her mission.

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But “Between Two Knees,” which opened at the Perelman Performing Arts Center in Manhattan on Tuesday, uses both in an audaciously sidesplitting comedy that’s an indictment of Native American persecution.

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Her every leap from the shadows is a hilarious, sidesplitting motif.

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